CVE-2017-5388 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 51. This flaw allows an attacker to overwhelm a system by leveraging a STUN server and numerous "webkitRTCPeerConnection" objects to send a high volume of large STUN packets, exploiting a lack of rate limiting in e10s systems. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 51.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 51CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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